Landmark project sets new standard for electrification of multi-unit homes across Australia In a powerful demonstration of what’s possible when government, council, community, and industry work together, 2 Gordon Street in Elsternwick has become the first apartment building in Victoria to integrate both rooftop solar and battery storage under the Federal Government’s Cheaper Home Batteries […]
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Important Update: Scheduled Distributor Testing for the Victorian Emergency Backstop Program
As part of our ongoing commitment to keeping our customers informed, we would like to make you aware of upcoming network testing that electricity distributors will be conducting under the Victorian Government’s Emergency Backstop program. These tests are designed to help maintain grid stability as more Victorian households transition to clean, solar-powered energy. 📅 When the […]
Victoria’s Emergency Backstop Mechanism for Solar: Ensuring Grid Stability
Starting July 1, 2024, Victoria will introduce an emergency backstop mechanism for rooftop solar systems. This proactive measure will allow electricity distributors to remotely reduce the output or switch off rooftop solar systems during periods of low electricity demand, ensuring the stability of the grid. The initiative aims to prevent overloading the grid, thus maintaining […]
Electrifying your business in 2023: Steps you can take.
Electrifying everything in your business has the potential to transform your operations, improve your bottom line, enhance your environmental credentials, and improve employee and client satisfaction. Because gas and fuel prices are skyrocketing, forward-thinking Australian businesses are moving fast to fully electrify their operations, powering them with solar. Competitive advantage No matter whether you own […]
Electrifying your home in 2023. Steps you can take.
Home electrification is set to be big in 2023. That’s because Aussie homeowners are realising they can massively reduce their energy bills and carbon emissions through electrification, powered by solar. In fact, modelling shows the average household could save $5,000 a year on power and the cost of owning cars and appliances by going all-electric […]
Why solar is the best protection from surging electricity prices
The federal government’s prediction in the October 2022 budget that electricity prices will rise by 56% in the next two years has sent shockwaves through most Australian households. How much more will Australians be paying for gas and electricity? The average Australian household paid $1,434 for electricity last financial year, according to the ACCC, and […]
Getting Victoria off gas: new plan from the Victorian Government
The Victorian Government has released a Gas Substitution Roadmap outlining how Victorian households and businesses will be encouraged to get off gas and move to clean energy alternatives. With gas prices skyrocketing due to the current energy crisis, helping people move off gas makes sense. Gas is not only one of the dirtiest types of […]
Should I wait to install battery storage?
With gaping weaknesses exposed in the Australian electricity market in recent weeks, its no surprise that demand for solar and battery storage has skyrocketed. Never before has the Australian National Electricity Market been suspended. Never before have electricity retailers told their customers to go away – or stay and be hit with a doubling of […]
Small electricity retailers “begging” customers to leave. What this means for you.
Smaller electricity retailers are telling their customers to go elsewhere or face a doubling of prices. In the last month, tens of thousands of Australian households and businesses have received a letter from their electricity retailer literally “begging them” to go away. The CEO of one retailer – Electricityinabox – wrote to customers saying “only […]
Understanding the energy crisis in Australia
Australia is in the throes of an energy crisis. For a country rich in energy resources, it seems crazy. But last week the entire east coast was facing the threat of widespread blackouts and load shedding. Wholesale energy prices were soaring. Coal and gas generators were being accused of gamesmanship, holding out for higher prices. […]
